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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-weight: bold;"><h1><p align=center>Frequently Asked Questions</p></h1></span>
<div style="font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px;"><p align=center>Some frequently
asked questions</p></div>
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<h1><a name="Frequently_Asked_Questions">Frequently Asked
Questions</a></h1>
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	<li><a name="Frequently_Asked_Questions">What are the minimum
	system requirements to run indic-keyboards? </a></li>
	<blockquote><a name="Frequently_Asked_Questions">indic-keyboards
	works on both linux and windows operating systems. Please see <strong></strong></a>
	<strong><a href="./SystemRequirements.html">SystemRequirements</a></strong>
	wiki page to know more.</blockquote>

	<li>How to run the software?</li>

	<blockquote>Double click on the indic-keyboards.jar to
	execute the software. Right click the keyboard icon in the system tray
	and select the layout of choice. Click on Enable/Disable to enable the
	software and disable it. Alt + F12 key can also be used to do the same.
	To know more about downloading and running indic-keyboards
	successfully, visit the <strong><a
		href="./SystemRequirements.html">SystemRequirements</a></strong>
	and <strong><a href="./GettingStarted.html">GettingStarted</a></strong>
	wiki pages.</blockquote>

	<li>The software does not start</li>

	<blockquote>This can be due to the absence of Java Runtime
	Environment (JRE). To install this software for windows please visit
	this <a href="http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp" rel="nofollow">link</a>.
	(Latest as on 7 Oct 2009 is JRE 6 Update 16). More information can be
	found on the <strong><a
		href="./SystemRequirements.html">SystemRequirements</a></strong>
	and <strong><a href="./GettingStarted.html">GettingStarted</a></strong>
	wiki pages.</blockquote>

	<li>I get boxes/junk when I use the software</li>

	<blockquote>Unicode font is required to render the Unicode
	displayed by the software. If multiple Indic fonts are installed,
	rendering them will take place automatically. Free Unicode fonts are
	available on the internet and these cannot be packaged with the
	software due to licensing issues. <pre class="prettyprint"><span
		class="typ">Courtesy</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">:</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="typ">Unicode</span><span class="pun">.</span><span
		class="pln">org</span><span class="pun">.</span><span class="pln"> </span><span
		class="typ">For</span><span class="pln"> more information</span><span
		class="pun">,</span><span class="pln"> visit http</span><span
		class="pun">:</span><span class="com">//www.unicode.org/faq/indic.html#8</span><span
		class="pln"><br><br></span><span class="typ">Microsoft</span><span
		class="pln"> has made several </span><span class="typ">OpenType</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="typ">Indic</span><span class="pln"> script fonts </span><span
		class="kwd">with</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="typ">TrueType</span><span
		class="pln"> outlines</span><span class="pun">,</span><span
		class="pln"> such </span><span class="kwd">as</span><span class="pun">:</span><span
		class="pln"><br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span class="typ">Latha</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="typ">Tamil</span><span
		class="pun">)</span><span class="pln"><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span
		class="typ">Mangal</span><span class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span
		class="typ">Devanagari</span><span class="pun">)</span><span
		class="pln"><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span class="typ">Raavi</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="typ">Gurmukhi</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">and</span><span class="pln"> </span><span
		class="typ">Devanagari</span><span class="pun">)</span><span
		class="pln"><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span class="typ">Shruti</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="typ">Gujarati</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">and</span><span class="pln"> </span><span
		class="typ">Devanagari</span><span class="pun">)</span><span
		class="pln"><br>&nbsp; &nbsp; </span><span class="typ">Tunga</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="pun">(</span><span class="typ">Kannada</span><span
		class="pln"> </span><span class="kwd">and</span><span class="pln"> </span><span
		class="typ">Devanagari</span><span class="pun">)</span></pre></blockquote>
	<li>The Software does not start or opens Nokia PC suite (or other
	applications)</li>
	<blockquote>Right click the jar file and choose open with.
	Open the jar file with "Java(TM) Platform SE Binary"</blockquote>

	<li>Can I print the text entered using indic-keyboards?</li>

	<blockquote>Yes, of course it can be printed.
	indic-keyboards only acts as an input method which will allow us to
	type any indic language. The printing completely depends on the
	application (editor). Most editors support a print option. Simply to
	put, if we can get the print of English text using an application, any
	text typed using indic-keyboards in the same application is printable.
	Some popular, well known editors are: Microsoft Windows - Notepad,
	Wordpad, Microsoft Word. Linux - gedit, OpenOffice<a
		href="/p/indic-keyboards/w/edit/OpenOffice">?</a>.org Writer, Kate.</blockquote>

	<li>What about emails? Can I write emails using indic-keyboards?</li>

	<blockquote>Of course we can. indic-keyboards allows us to
	type indic language characters in any editable region. This is however
	subject to whether the mail server is configured to handle unicode.
	Popular mail service providers like Gmail, Yahoo! provide this
	functionality.</blockquote>

	<li>Can I distribute the software?</li>

	<blockquote>Yes. The software can be distributed. The
	software is licensed under the Apache 2.0. The license can be found in
	the same directory as a text file "Apache 2.0 License.txt".</blockquote>

	<li>I can't find a solution to my problem here</li>

	<blockquote>Please send in your queries, bugs, errors,
	enhancements and any other problems to :</blockquote>

	<ul>
		<li>Developer Mailing List - <a
			href="http://groups.google.com/group/cki-dev" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/cki-dev</a>
		</li>
		<li>User Mailing List - <a
			href="http://groups.google.com/group/cki-users" rel="nofollow">http://groups.google.com/group/cki-users</a></li>
	</ul>
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